Introducing the Announcements Thread!
by Latoya Peterson
After much discussion, Carmen and I have decided to start an announcements thread that will run every Friday.
The thread will serve two purposes:
1. To call attention to events/films/conferences/etc that our readers may be interested in.
2. To highlight reader blogs and submissions, in a similar fashion to the Feministe Shameless Self-Promotion Sunday thread.
If you are a promoter/publicist/event coordinator, please send us information about your event (preferably with an event flyer) to team@racialicious.com before noon on Thursdays. Please include “Announcements Thread – ____” in the subject line.
If you are a reader and would like to highlight specific blog posts you have written or events that you are attending, please feel free to leave a message in the comments section.
Please note: Racialicious reserves the right to refuse any promotions/delete any comments that we deem are not a good fit for this site or for our audience.
And now…
FRIDAY PROMOTIONS
MIXED ROOTS FILM & LITERARY FESTIVAL
HOSTED BY MIXED CHICKS CHAT
JUNE 12-14, 2008, AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival will be held at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, June 12-June 14, 2008, celebrating storytelling of the Mixed racial and cultural experience including that of transracial/cultural adoption and interracial/cultural relationships.
The Festival, hosted by Mixed Chicks Chat, is an inclusive event targeting the growing population of multiracial and multicultural individuals. The Festival brings together film and book lovers, innovative artists, and families interested in the Mixed racial and cultural experience.
For more information, visit The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival 2008 site.
Brown Girls Burlesque Presents:
Shockadelica!
Celebrating 50 years of His Royal Badness
Buy your tickets now!
We’re the Ones U wanna C.
June 6th / June 7th, 2008
11:00 pm
The Zipper Factory
336 W. 37th Street
(between 8th & 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10018
Two Nites Only!
Come dressed in your Princely best.
Tickets on sale now!
$25 General (Tricky, Yes!)
$40 Royal Court (Money Don’t Matter 2 Night!)
Get yours before they sell out.
For tickets, please go to www.thezipperfactory.com or call 212.352.3101.
For dinner reservations at The Zipper Factory Tavern, please call 212.695.4600.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
The Cruel Secretary wrote:
As promised, here are the details about the Akira’s Hip Hop Shop showing in Brooklyn, NY:
Double-billed with Woo Yen Yen’s and Colin Goh’s Singapore Dreaming, the Akira and Singapore showing starts at 8:30pm on June 7th at the Iris & Gerald B. Cantor Auditorium, on the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s (BMA) 3rd Floor. The audience will have a chance to chat with Akira director Joe Doughrity after the showing. Free tickets are available at 7pm at the BMA Visitor Center.
Hope to see you there!
Posted 30 May 2008 at 8:39 am ¶
cat m. wrote:
a brown girls burlesque!
I am SO in.
Posted 30 May 2008 at 10:14 am ¶
Fatemeh wrote:
Great idea!
Posted 30 May 2008 at 12:55 pm ¶
Black Canseco wrote:
sweet! i’d submit my blog–Hustleknockin.com which covers all kinds of crazy new music from a black/urban ethnic artists, in addition to political and social issues such as race, class, crazy news stories etc.
if you need specific blog posts lemme know.
Mod Note: It says specific blog posts in the call. Link to ones you want to highlight.
Posted 30 May 2008 at 2:32 pm ¶
Joanna wrote:
I’m excited for Queens Pride this Sunday in Jackson Heights, NYC!
http://www.queenspride.com/
Posted 30 May 2008 at 3:36 pm ¶
Afroamericawriter wrote:
Thanks. The following is a blog (my second) I just launched: http://afroamericawriter.blogspot.com
It’s a blog about my musings of all things political, pop culture, race , etc. in our world.
Thanks again!
Mod Note: Highlight specific posts, please, not just the whole blog.
Posted 30 May 2008 at 4:23 pm ¶
TheFeministTexican wrote:
on the most recent marcotte gaffe:
http://thefeministtexican.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/amanda-marcotte-please-cease-and-desist/
on the amazon indian tribe that was recently photographed from the air:
http://thefeministtexican.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/uncontacted-indian-tribe-photographed-in-amazon/
Posted 30 May 2008 at 11:20 pm ¶
Renee wrote:
THis post is on the unique position that WOC are in terms of fighting racism and sexism. It specifically deals with the way that we are challenged to identify with white women and black men even at times that it is clearly not in our best interest to do so.
http://www.womanist-musings.com/2008/05/stuck-in-middle.html
Posted 31 May 2008 at 9:28 pm ¶
Mother Popcorn wrote:
Thanks so much for the LOVE Racialicious! Can’t wait to see you all this weekend.
Love Always,
Brown Girls
Posted 03 Jun 2008 at 11:02 am ¶